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. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 358 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. \ , I MliKK 6, COTTON. WEST INDIAN COTTON. Messrs. Wolstenholme and Holland, of Liverpool, write as follows, under date Odtbber 4-, with referenci bo the Bales of Wesl Indian Sea Island cotton:— A good business has been done in West Indian Sea Island cotton since our last report. The sales of white cotton ,un1 to about 100 bales; these include St. Vincent 16& to 1'.'/.. Montserrat IM. to 15Jrf-. Antigua 1 lid., Anguilla I l§rf. to I5d., Barbados 14 V. to HM., also about 300 bal
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 358 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. \ , I MliKK 6, COTTON. WEST INDIAN COTTON. Messrs. Wolstenholme and Holland, of Liverpool, write as follows, under date Odtbber 4-, with referenci bo the Bales of Wesl Indian Sea Island cotton:— A good business has been done in West Indian Sea Island cotton since our last report. The sales of white cotton ,un1 to about 100 bales; these include St. Vincent 16& to 1'.'/.. Montserrat IM. to 15Jrf-. Antigua 1 lid., Anguilla I l§rf. to I5d., Barbados 14 V. to HM., also about 300 bales of Stains chiefly at Id. The market is thin, but consumers are chiefly purchasing to .stock, hoping that if hostilities are not too Ear prolonged, there will be more business in the market for fine yarn. The Eteporl of .Mossrs. Henrj W. Frosl & on Sea Island in the Southern States, for the week ending • tatober 9 is as follows: Islands.—The receipts this week were 83 bales, of which 24 bale I crop lot of last year sold on private terms. The total receipts of new crop to date arc about 110 hales, whirl, factors art- not yet offering, waiting foi aotne further accumulation of stock before doing so. Conse quently the market has not as yet opened, but with freer receipts from now on there will probably be some offerings on the market this coming week, enabling us to give quotations. Florida* and Georgia*.- -The demand in Savannah has continued very general and active throughout the week, taking all ottering- of all grades at advancing prices, and all the interior markets have been excited, where even higher prices are being paid. The buying is very general and the offerings do not satisfy the demand, as a large proportion of the receipts are being held in expectation of Still higher prices. There ar dera in the marl ?; m ai count of the Northern Mills, which, together with a demand to cover contracts ously made, and a good deal of buying on speculation r
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